title: The Cost of Canine Rabies on Four Continents.
abstract: We estimated the economic impacts of canine rabies in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Direct and indirect costs of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, dog vaccination and control, rabies diagnostic testing and cattle mortality-related costs were accounted for. The number of human deaths was updated from previous estimates based on population growth, and the costs associated with the risk of human mortality were incorporated. We accounted for uncertainty associated with the parameter estimates using a Monte Carlo simulation and estimated that the global burden of canine rabies is approximately $124 billion annually. This result illustrates the potential benefits that could be realized if canine rabies was eliminated and provides an important benchmark against which the cost of any potential elimination campaign can be compared.
authors.affiliation: USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shwiff
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000191:economics; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines
keywords: Africa; Asia; Latin America; canine rabies; cost; economics